dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Akarsu, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zwol, Wendy van | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-14T00:01:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-14T00:01:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42789 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Young Climate Movement [JKB] aims to reduce the impact of climate change and the
ecological footprint of Dutch society. Since 2016, their membership has grown exponentially
from a handful of young people to over seventy young volunteers. The working groups On
Tour and GROW raise awareness for the JKB. Through their rights and duties as ecological
citizens they inform, inspire and motivate other young people to fight against climate change.
In this thesis, the personal and public ecological practices of ecological citizens acts as a
catalyst for undergoing different stages of environmentalism before and during involvement
in a social movement. This thesis argues that deciding which personal and public ecological
practices fit into one’s daily life triggers different processes of meaning-making. Social
movement theories previously argued that belonging within a collective identity is the main
reason for membership. This thesis claims that meaning-making processes of a new
encountered narrative is at the foundation of all involvement in a social climate movement. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | Through their rights and duties as ecological citizens young volunteers of the Dutch Young Climate Movement inform, inspire and motivate other young people to fight against climate change. The personal and public ecological practices of ecological citizens acts as a catalyst for undergoing different stages of environmentalism before and during involvement in a social movement. Deciding which personal and public ecological
practices fit into one’s daily life triggers meaning-making processes. | |
dc.title | The Climate and I. How Ecological Thinking becomes Ecological Practice. | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Ecological Citizenship; Social Movements; Rights and Duties; Meaning-Making,
Environmentalism; Activism | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citizenship | |
dc.thesis.id | 10647 | |